CV Lattes
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Has experience in Parasitology, focusing on Animal Parasite Protozoology (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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We have previously found in our laboratory that gene knockout of a protein kinase (TcK2) that phosphorylate the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2) affects growth of Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan parasite that causes Chagas disease. Therefore, TcK2 can be a drug target for Chagas' disease treatment. This enzyme is similar to protein kinase 3 of mammals (PERK) to which inhib…
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